fashion

Plural: fashions

Noun

how something is done or how it happens
- "in an abrasive fashion"
characteristic or habitual practice
the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior
consumer goods (especially clothing) in the current mode
A current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons.
Popular trends, especially in clothing; the industry that designs clothing and sometimes other related items.
A style or manner in which something is done.
The make or form of anything; the style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model; workmanship; execution.
Polite, fashionable, or genteel life; social position; good breeding.

Verb

Verb Forms: fashioned, fashioning, fashions

To make, shape, or construct something.
make out of components (often in an improvising manner)
- "She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks"
To make, build or construct, especially in a crude or improvised way.
To make in a standard manner; to work.
To fit, adapt, or accommodate to.
To forge or counterfeit.

Examples

Check out the latest in fashion.
He had always been interested in fashion, so he decided to take a sewing class.
men of fashion
She could FASHION any set of letters into a surprisingly high-scoring word, a true artist.
the fashion of the ark, of a coat, of a house, of an altar, etc.

Origin / Etymology

Inherited from Middle English facioun, from Anglo-Norman fechoun (compare Jersey Norman faichon), variant of Old French faceon, fazon, façon (“fashion, form, make, outward appearance”), from Latin factiō (“a making”), from faciō (“do, make”); see fact. Doublet of faction.

Synonyms

forge, manner, mode, style, way

Scrabble Score: 13

fashion: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
fashion: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
fashion: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

fashion: valid Words With Friends Word